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City of Hamilton – Public Works
Team Up to Clean Up
April 2013 Tim Hortons Team Up to Clean Up Spring Blitz
Register by April 30 for Tim Hortons prize draws!
Join thousands of your neighbours and friends who take pride in keeping our neighbourhoods clean and green all year round. Get free special litter bags, recycling bags, work gloves and graffiti wipes to clean up your neighbourhood. Just register online.
Be sure to report back on your neighbourhood cleanup successes. This information helps us all know how well we're doing and where we need to improve. It's also your ballot to be eligible for some great Tim Hortons prizes!
See the Team Up to Clean Up links in the right column for tips and information on how you can help keep Hamilton clean and green.
Hey, high school students!
Do you need a few more volunteer hours for the Community Involvement Hours requirement for graduation? The Tim Hortons Team Up to Clean Up program is a great way to earn volunteer hours while helping the environment and your neighbourhood. Plan a clean up of your neighbourhood on a weekend, after school or on a holiday and register online to get free clean up supplies. Be sure to also send us an email at clean&green@hamilton.ca to let us know that you're doing the clean up to earn volunteer hours so that we can validate your volunteer effort.
About Tim Hortons Team Up to Clean Up
Tim Hortons Team Up to Clean Up Spring Blitz is a major city-wide community clean up event that coincides with Earth Day and the Great American Cleanup. This annual city-wide spring clean up event is coordinated by City staff in partnership with Hamilton's Clean City Liaison Committee. Last year's Tim Hortons Team Up to Clean Up Spring Blitz attracted more than 16,000 enthusiastic volunteer registrants.
The Team Up to Clean Up Program gives you the tools and tips to work together to keep your neighbourhood clean and green all year round. The program helps keep public places in your neighbourhood clean and safe for everyone's use. These areas include municipal properties, community parks, trails, parking lots, alleyways, streets and so much more. Get a group together and create a clean team!
Join in a Team Up to Clean Up event in your neighbourhood
You can organize your own neighbourhood cleanup (register here) or join in one of these events...
Hamilton Beach - North Hamilton
Saturday, April 27
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Meet at Beach Rescue Unit, 316 Beach Blvd., Hamilton
Cleanup area: Hamilton Beach Community.
Refreshments provided courtesy of Clr. Chad Collins and Tim Hortons.
Waterdown
Saturday, April 27
9:00 am to noon
Meet at Sealey Park - 115 Main St. S., Waterdown.
Cleanup area: Waterdown area and Sealey Park
For information: Alison Morrison - 905-546-3944.
Refreshments provided courtesy of Clr. Judi Partridge and Tim Hortons.
Millgrove
Saturday, April 27
9:00 am to noon
Meet at Millgrove Community Centre - 881 Millgrove Side Rd.
Cleanup area: Millgrove area.
For information: Alison Morrison - 905-546-3944.
Refreshments provided courtesy of Clr. Judi Partridge and Tim Hortons.
Carlisle
Saturday, April 27
9:00 am to noon
Meet at Carlisle United Church - 1432 Centre Rd, Carlisle.
Cleanup area: Carlisle area.
For information: Alison Morrison - 905-546-3944.
Refreshments provided courtesy of Clr. Judi Partridge and Tim Hortons.
Keith Neighbourhood - North Hamilton
Saturday, April 27
10:30 am to 1:30 pm
Meet at North Central Park - 467 Wentworth St. N., Hamilton.
Cleanup area: Keith Neighbourhood and North Central Park.
For information: Gerry Polmanter - 905-912-1598 or gerrypolmanter@sourcecable.net.
Refreshments provided courtesy of Clr. Bernie Morelli and Tim Hortons.
Victoria Park - West Hamilton
Saturday, April 27 (rain date: April 28)
10:00 am to 2:00 pm
Meet at the Tennis Courts
Cleanup area: Victoria Park
For information: Dawn Graham -- strathconacommunitycouncil@gmail.com
Applegarth CoOperative Homes - West Mountain
Saturday, April 27
10:00 am to 1:00 pm
Cleanup area: Applegarth CoOp - 48 Caroga Court, Hamilton.
For information: Leena Saddik - 905-546-2424, ext. 7409.
Refreshments provided courtesy of Clr. Terry Whitehead and Tim Hortons.
East Kiwanis Place Parkette - East Hamilton
Saturday, April 27
10:00 am to noon
Cleanup area: East Kiwanis Place Parkette (Ottawa Street North at Edinburgh Ave.) & surrounding neighbourhood.
For information: Barbara LaFleshe
Refreshments provided courtesy of Clr. Sam Merulla and Tim Hortons.
A.M. Cunningham Park - East Hamilton
Saturday, April 27
1:00 pm to 3:00 pm
Cleanup area: A.M. Cunningham Park, Robins Ave. & Roxborough Ave.
For information: Tracy Pedersen - offthestreets@outlook.com or 289-887-6352.
Refreshments provided courtesy of Clr. Sam Merulla and Tim Hortons.
Riverdale Neighbourhood - East Hamilton
Saturday, May 4
9:00 am to 1:00 pm
Cleanup area: Riverdale and Warden Park - 55 Lake Ave. N., Hamilton
Refreshments provided courtesy of Clr. Chad Collins and Tim Hortons.
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Team Up to Clean Up Links
Put Waste in the Right Place
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Picking up litter and disposing of it properly makes our environment cleaner and greener.
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Separating out recyclable containers and putting them in the recycling stream (the Blue Box program) means less garbage going to our landfill.
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Litter can be dangerous. When litter is not disposed of properly, it can put your health and safety in jeopardy. Broken bottles, needles and sharps are just a few examples.
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Litter is costly. It costs the City of Hamilton more than $2.3 million a year to try to keep our community clean.
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Cigarette butts can get washed into the storm sewers and often end up in our harbour and streams polluting the water with toxins from the cigarettes.
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Litter can harm animals, birds and plants.
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Litter prevention is the best solution. Hold on to your litter until you can dispose of it properly.
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